WHO, multilateral development banks launch $1.5 billion primary health financing platform

(Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that it has signed a $1.5 billion primary health financing platform with multilateral development banks.

The WHO said that it would launch the first investment plans in 15 countries including Burundi, Ethiopia, Jordan and the Maldives.

(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)